Improvement in bottle-stoppers



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

WILLIAM MORGENSTERN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-STOP PERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 154,5 10, dated August25, 1874; application filed July 22, 1874.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM MORGEN- STERN, of the city, county, andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inBottle-Stoppers, of which the ing the supporting-plate of the stopperwith.

an elongated slot composed of twoadjoining holes, which are of differentdiameter from each other, one hole being of about the diameter of thehead of the stopper and the other of about the diameter of its neck, insuch a manner that, by inserting the head of the stopper in the largehole, its neck can readily he slipped into place in the smaller one,where it is held in position. Atthe point where the two holes join eachother in the supportingplate are stops or projections, whichare so madethat they allow of slipping in or adjusting the neck of the stopper,while they guard against its return or working out.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the neck of a bottle or jarprovided with my stopper,which is constructed of a supporting-plate, B,and catch 0 hinged on a wire, a, and of the stopper proper D, which isheld or secured in the supporting-plate. E F are two adjoining holes,whereby is formed a slot in the supporting-plate, the holes being ofdifferent diameter, as shown. The diameter of the largest hole is aboutequal. to or a little smaller than that of the head of the stopper-say,three-eighths of an inchwhile the diameter of the small hole is aboutequal to that of the neck of the stopper, which is about one-fourth ofan inch. Between the two holes E F composing the slot in thesupporting-plates aredivisional projections 12, which are beveled on oneside or edge, while they are straight on the other. I

When the headot' the stopper is inserted or forced through the largehole E its neck can readily be slipped over the beveled edge of theseprojections 1) into the small hole Fiwhere it is firmly wedged and heldby its elasticity and by the projections, which constitute stops wherebythe neck is prevented from working out.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the stopper D with the hinged plate B, constructedwith the openings E and F of difl'erent diameters, and with the hingedplate 0, the whole being adapted to close the mouth of a bottle, in themanner herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the stopper D with the plate B, having projections12 b and openings E F, and with the plate G, substantially as and forthe purpose described.

This specification signed by me this 17th dayofJuly, 1873.

WILLIAM MORGENSTERN. Witnesses:

W. HAUFF, E. F. KASTENHUBER.

